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J. MQKIBBBN. COMBINED BRIDLE AND HALTER.

PATBNTED MAR. 5, 1867.

Nol 62,662.l

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'ro ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN;

Be it known that I, J. MQKIBEN, of Lima, in the countyiof Allen, and State of Ohio, have invented a. new and improved' Combined Bridle and Halter; and I do hereby declare that Vthe following is afull, clear, and

ex act description thereof, which will enrble others skilled in the art to make and usethe same, reference'being had to the ziccompanying drawings, forming part lof this specification.

The present invention relates to e'oonibned bridle and halter, the advantages of which are as follows: First. It is simple, convenient, durable, and economical. i y Second. By it 'a halter is always at hand, and cannot -becom'e lost through the carelessness of the ho'stler, as it forms a part ot' the bridle, and thus cannot be forgotten or left behind. l

Third. The head-stall is selfadjustingtherefore easy fitting upon the horse, thereby preventing the head ot' the horse from being loaded, and galled, or pained, by thcbridle being placed on or over e. heavy halter; and v Fourth. It enables a driving-bridle, with gaglrunner, to be used and the reins and bit to `be attaehedrto and detached or removed from the halter by a single movement.`

In the accompanying plate of drawings', my combined halter and bridle is illustrated; the figure being a. side I view of a' horse`s head with it applied orvharnessed thereto.

A. in the drawings, represents the brow-band.. B the crown-piece or strap, and Cvthe throat-latch. all of which nre hung. upon each side of the horses head, to ringsy D, the two latter, namely, the crown-piece and thront-lateh, each having :i buckle 1 3, for adjusting the size in forming the] head-stall. F the check pieces of the bridle, and G those of' the halter, all of which, at one end, are attached to thering-sD on thev sides of the lifrses head, by and through buckles or snap-hooks, II, so that theycan be readily detached therefrom or attached thereto at pleasure, I the nose-strap, andJ the under jaw or chin-strap of the halter, both hung upon each side of the mouth to a ring.' K, te which the cheek-straps of the halter are also hung at their ,lower ends;` the cheek-straps of' the bridle being connected or hung at their lower ends to the rings of the bit,las is plainly v shown in the drawings. Fory :i driving bridle the gag runners-depend upon theeheek-pieees of the bridie part, near the top at the back edge, at a. suitable angle, and a snephooky or buckle,at -tbe left side of the chin strap of the halter, enables 'it to be easily removed and replaced when the bridle is on and the bit is in the horses monthy From the above deseriptioinit is plainV to be seen that the many advantages herein above described are scoured. l

What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the eheekfpieees G of the halter, cheek-piece F of the bridle, attached to the .rings D by means of the snaphooks H, nose strap I, chin strapJ, brow Aband A, crown piece B, and throat strap C, as herein set forth for the purpose specified.

J. MOKIBBEN. Witnesses:

G. W. Ovnmvsr., J. W. Harmen. 

